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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-10"
Conversation with Alan Thomsett
Cossack occupation of the Carnia region
Label reads “158”; signed by the author; caption reads…
Tags: arts and crafts
Death of Don Giuseppe Treppo
Label reads “161”;…
Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Silvio ‘Montes’ Marcuzzi being tortured
Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Letter from Brian Walley to Mair Williams
Tags: aircrew; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Arthur Hollis: examination report form for flying instructors
A dedication to AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley; wireless operator
AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F.
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Peter Andrew Hopgood
Interview with Joy Colbeck
Interview with David Fellowes
Tags: 1656 HCU; 206 Squadron; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Scampton; Shackleton; training; Wellington
Biography of Kenneth Gill by son Derek
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; memorial; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Jack Smith
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Scarecrow; Stirling; training; wireless operator
Interview with Peter Cyril Beckett
Eric Arthur's diary
Letter from British Red Cross Society to Charles Hilder's wife
Pilot's and flight engineer's notes for Liberator III, V, VI & VIII
Tags: aircrew; B-24; flight engineer; pilot
463 & 467 Squadron Notes on Ops
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cook’s tour; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; RAF Waddington; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Two disturbing incidents
Incident 2. Describes watching another aircraft taking off when its flaps fell down and bomb doors opening as it reached take off speed on the runway.…
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; RAF Winthorpe; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training; V-1; V-weapon
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training